Indy Eleven to play in Indy for first time Saturday

6:02 PM,
Mar. 14, 2014

Peter Wilt, general manager of the Indy Eleven, Indianapolis' new professional soccer team, checks out one of 100 inflatable goals donated by Goalrilla for the Goals for Indy project at the team's kickoff party on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Emmis Communications Building on Monument Circle. The goals will be donated to various community, non-profit and church groups. Indy Eleven and Goalrilla are presenting Goals for Indy, involving 100 pick-up soccer games to be played simultaneously across Indiana this coming Saturday.

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There have been moments - days and weeks, really - in which Peter Wilt must have felt more like sales manager than general manager for the Indy Eleven.

There have been community events, speeches, fan forums and gatherings large and small. From Monday through Wednesday this week, he made eight speeches about the new North American Soccer League team, and his travels around Indiana have taken him to 26 county courthouses.

"I should be keeping notes for a book," said Wilt, who is also the club president. ...